Software Development in the UNIX Environment

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Software Development in the UNIX Environment
Equivalent gdb and dbx Commands


`GDB`	`DBX`
`break` `line`	`stop at` `line`
`break` `func`	`stop in` `func`
`break` `*addr`	`stopi at` `addr`
`break ... if` `expr`	`stop ... -if` `expr`
`cond` `n`	`stop ... -if` `expr`
`tbreak`	`stop ... -temp`
`watch` `expr`	`stop` `expr[slow]`
`watch` `var`	`stop modify` `&var[fast]`
`catch` `x`	`intercept` `x`
`info break`	`status`
`info watch`	`status`
`clear`	`clear`
`clear` `fun`	`delete` `n`
`delete`	`delete all`
`disable`	`handler -disable all`
`disable` `n`	`handler -disable` `n`
`enable`	`handler -enable all`
`enable` `n`	`handler -enable` `n`
`ignore` `ncnt`	`handler -count` `ncnt`
`commands` `n`	`when ... { cmds; }`
`backtrace` `n`	`where n`
`frame` `n`	`frame n`
`info reg` `reg`	`print` `$reg`
`finish`	`step up`
`signal` `num`	`cont sig` `num`
`jump` `line`	`cont at` `line`
`set` `var=expr`	`assign` `var=expr`
`x/fmt addr`	`x` `addr/fmt`
`disassem` `addr`	`dis` `addr`
`shell` `cmd`	`sh` `cmd[if needed]`
`info func` `regex`	`funcs` `regexp`
`ptype` `type`	`whatis -t` `type`
`define cmd`	`function cmd`
`handle` `sig`	`stop sig` `sig`
`info signals`	`status; catch`
`attach` `pid`	`debug -` `pid`
`attach` `pid`	`debug a.out` `pid`
`file` `file`	`[unnecessary]`
`exec` `file`	`debug` `file`
`core` `file`	`debug` `a.out` `corefile`
`set editing on`	`set -o emacs`
`set language` `x`	`language` `x`
`set prompt` `x`	`PS1=x`
`set history size` `x`	`HISTSIZE=x`
`set print object on`	`dbxenv output_dynamic_type on`
`show commands`	`history`
`dir` `name`	`pathmap` `name`
`show dir`	`pathmap`
`info line <n`	`listi` `n`
`info source`	`file`
`info sources`	`files; modules`
`forw` `regex`	`search` `regexp`
`rev` `regex`	`bsearch` `regexp`